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Rocket Burn Time

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Calculate propellant mass flow, burn time, and total impulse from thrust, Isp, and propellant mass.

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Burn time

627.63 s

10.46 min at steady thrust

Mass flow

143.40 kg/s

from thrust / effective exhaust velocity

Total impulse

282.43 MN s

3.14 km/s effective exhaust

Propellant depletion timeline

Specific impulse sets the mass flow needed for the requested thrust; propellant mass then sets burn duration.

10.46 min burn

Propellant90.0 tonnes loadedmdot 143.4 kg/sthrust 450 kNc = Isp g0 = 3.14 km/signitionhalf propellant 45.0 tburnout627.6 s

Mass-flow link

mdot = T / (Isp g0)

Burn duration

627.6 s / 10.46 min

90,000 kg propellant

Total impulse

282.43 MN s

equal to thrust times burn time

Specific impulse

320 s to 3.14 km/s

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